The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-29

GEygRAL LUcrus FAIRCHILD, Of the g. A..
R., has issued an orler prohibiting posts
| giving their opinions on subjects unless
such REQUESTS have the sanction Of the Ma
tional Council.
SCHWARTZ and Watt were convicted at
Morris, ILL.,, on the 18th, of the murder Of
Messenger Nichols and robbery Of the ex-
press on the Rock Island road, and SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life.
Boston creditors recently closed the
NewaygO (Mich.) Furniture Company's
works on claims for $4,000, throwing $50
men out OF employment. The same credit
ors closed the Newaygo Manufacturing
Company q few days before. Both cOmpa-
mics were indebted heavily to their en-
ploycs.
The Burlington & Northern road has re-
dcced its rate on grain and -four from st.
Paul to Chicago, to seven and half cents
Q hundred. The reason given is that at ten
cents 1t was shut out Of business on account
Of tho "transit" issued by tho other roads.
| A SCHEME to entrap German citizens by
getting them to send money to bogus Ger
man Government lottery has been un-
earthed in Chicago.
QUEEN KAPIoLAUI and her suite Of the
Hawaiian kingdom reached San Francisco
on the Goth on their way to England.
THE Surveyor General OF Dakota has
been notified to survey several townships
| in and on tho great bend of the Missouri,
| near Huron, ID. T. 1t is understood that
these lands are those from which white
settlers are to be driven by troops. Under
the Land in Severalty law Indians have
| chosen the lands at these points as those
which thew wish allotted tn them.
REV ROBERT W. SPRINGER, assistant rec
tor of Grace Episcopal Church, Chicago,
who disappeared recently, was found in
sane from congestion Of the brain.
THE annual cncampment of the Grand
Army posts of Iowa began at Dubuque on
the Goth. Over thous& nd veterans partici-
pated in the parade.
MICHIGAN legislators are accused Of hav-
ing forced q railroad into giving them
passes by darkly limiting at State railroad
legislation.
HERMAN LEVY, known theatrically as
Henry Leavitt, the informer in the Had
dock murder trial, has begun 5000 libel
suit against the Chicago Hail for calling
him loafer, thief and confidence man.
A SPECIAL from Kent, O., tells of dia-
| bolical attempt to kill Prof. Thomas San
| ford, of that place, with an Internal ma
chine. A small box was left in the hallway
| of his residence. Being suspicious, Prof.
Sanford threw the box into the yard, when
an explosion occurred which shattered the
windows of an adjacent house.
A RECENT special from Marquette, Mich,
says gang Of seven men were blasting at
| Murphy's camp, seven miles from Crystal
Falls, when a terrible dynamite explosion
occurred, fearfully injuring August Brash,
John Good, William Hornbrook, Joseph
| Weisman and three others.
ANTILICENsR tickets were elected in
many small places in Illinois on the 10Th.
Most of the cities declared for license.
A COLLISION occurred recently on the Air
| Linenear Huntingburg, Ind, between con-
struction and freight train by which three
| men were killed and several wounded, all
laborers and train hands.
THE Secretary Of the Illinois Board of
Health has called for a conference of the
| health authorities Of cities and towns at
Springfield for the purpose Of discussing
sanitary measures.
DETROIT and Duluth business men are
exercised by the fear that the Sault Ste.
Marie canal improvements will hinder navi-
cation. They had a conference recently
with General o. NJ. Pope, Chief Of United
A COMMITTEE of local assembly 1923
Knights Of Labor, Chicago, has sent an
| address to General Master Workman Pow
derby protesting against his rejoicing over
| the defeat of the United Labor ticket in
| Chicago. The address claimt .hat Mr.. Pow
| derly's remarks have tenI-ncy to bring
| the order into disrepute.
| THE steamer City Of Sydney, which ar
rived at San Francisco OH the 2lst from
China and Japan, brought 10000 trade dol
lars, which are to be redeemed for standard
dollars. The previous Chinese steamer
brought $4,000.
| A TORNADO passed through the country
adjacent to Colony, Kan, on the 2lst. One
woman was reported killed.
| Two deputy recorders of votes were SEN
\ fenced in the United States court at st.
Louis on the 2lst to terms in the jail for
| fraudulent registration Of voters last fall
j. J. Prendergast was given one year in
Jail and J. J. Stanley three months.
GOVERNOR OGLEsBY, of Illinois, has is
sued proclamation declaring quarantine
| On cattle in Chicago. owing to the existence
of disease in that city.
THE Iron Trade Reyier publishes statistics
showing that during the past sixteen
months 1S2 natural gas and oil companies
have been Incorporated in Ohio, with an
aggregate capital stock of $50, 26aa, 975.
THE striking journeymen tailors Of Mil
waukee gave up the fight on the ed, the
$50 men being ordered to 60 back to work.
The bosses had ignored the union, and the
men were unable to hold out any longer for
lack of financial support.
| A SPECIAL from Ozark, Mo-, says twelve
Of the Bald Knobber prisoners have been
indicted by the grand jury for murder in
the first degree for killing William Edens,
near Sparta, few weeks ago.
| ONE of the worst billiards Of the season
ragged at St. Paul, Mimi, ON the I'D, the
gale being filed with fine snow.
| A FEARFUL storm passed through Vernon
County, No., on the night of the 2lst, pre-
coded by terrible hailstorm. The storm
| went through Ozark to GAINESVILLE, Ark.
Immense damage was done and the loss of
life was quite serious, the number killed
not being definitely known.
| THE SOUTH.
| TE.FGRAMs from Northern Texas and the
Indian Territory report heavy rains on the
18th. Along the cotton belt, however, only
the lightest of showers have fallen, and the
crop is almost ruined.
"A TORPEDO exploded under the torpedo
launch Hull at Annapolis, Nd. recently
| and sunk her in a minute and a half En-
sign Muir was in charge, and several naval
cadets were on board, but they were all
taken off in safety by an FISHERMAN.
| JOHN 3. SMITH. president of the Bank of
Commerce of Louisville, KY, and one of
| the sinking fund commissioners of that
| city, died recently.
| FRANK LESTER and his wife, both colored,
were caught on trestIe by tram near
Birmingham, Ala, recently and both
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